Today, February 22, marks exactly one year from the day in Ukraine that the incumbent President Viktor Yanukovych was removed by force.
The results of the Ukrainian authorities, as Ukrainian political analyst Alexei Poltorakov stated in an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza, are "very disappointing, both politically and militarily and economically."
Speaking about the political situation in Ukraine, Alexei Poltorakov noted that an "imbalance of powers” remains in country. Parliament plays its game, the prime-minister plays his game, the president plays his game."
According to Poltorakov, "just look at the map to see that, on the one hand we lost Crimea, on the other hand we are already teetering on the brink of losing the East in military-political terms."
According to Alexei Poltorakov, "the mood for a new Maidan, on the one hand, doesn’t exist, on the other hand, from the start the Ukrainians had no special fondness for the new government. Experience shows that between one Maidan and another Maidan, quite a long time should pass, as measured not in years, but let's say, in decades. Let us recall the previous Maidan, we're talking about the Maidan in 2014, the preceding one was the Maidan of 2004, ten years ago."
Political scientist Igor Gridasov has the same opinion, adding, however, that "the discontent in society can reach a real organized level only if someone is standing behind the scenes. That is, just like the previous two Maidans were real because behind them were certain forces within the country and abroad. Now I cannot see such forces. So I doubt that a new Maidan now is possible."
In conclusion, Alex Poltorakov said that "the key issue for Ukraine a year after the Maidan is to unite and revive the nation."
